Usage of MSISDN in Subscription Assignment
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
InventorsSigne Marie Holter, Olav Afdal, Ola Smith, Stefan Karisson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and device for activating a subscription in a cellular network comprising a register unit for a cellular network, said register unit storing at least one unique identity number which identifies a subscriber identity module. The stored identity number is registered in a cellular network subscription. The method is further characterized in the steps of: the register unit receiving the unique identity number for a subscriber identity module when the module is activated, and the register further assigning an authentication number with the received identity number—so that it defines the registered subscription.
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A register unit for a cellular network, said register unit being adapted for storing at least one unique identity number which identifies a subscriber identity module, said stored identity number being registered in a cellular network subscription,
- wherein that the register unit is adapted for receiving the unique identity number for a subscriber identity module when the module is activated for the first time wherein the module is activated by a phone, the register unit is further adapted for assigning an authentication number with the received identity number so that it defines the registered subscription and wherein said register unit further adapted for communicating said assigned authentication number to said phone.
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A method for activating a subscription in a cellular network including a register unit for a cellular network, said register unit storing at least one unique identity number which identifies a subscriber identity module, said stored identity number being registered in a cellular network subscription, comprised by the steps of:
- the register unit receiving the unique identity number for a subscriber identity module when the module is activated for the first time wherein the module is activated by a phone,
- the register unit assigning an authentication number with the received identity number so that it defines the registered subscription;
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- the register unit communicating said assigned authentication number identifying said register subscription to said activating phone.
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A method for assigning an identity number uniquely identifying a subscriber identity module with an authentication number uniquely identifying a particular subscriber subscription, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an identity number associated with a subscriber identity module (SIM) from a mobile station;
- determining that said subscriber identity module (SIM) is being activated for the first time;
- assigning an authentication number uniquely identifying a particular subscriber subscription to said SIM;
- communicating said assigned authentication number to said mobile station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.